BusinessWeek Talks TV

An interesting piece from BusinessWeek on how the technologies are falling into place to turn video into the next music. Obvious to anyone in Silicon Valley (or anyone who owns a Tivo, for that matter) but the payoff is in the last graf:

The technology industry is working with music and movie studios to create new services, digital locks, and filters that can balance consumer rights and copyrights. But they'd better hurry. Once consumers get their hands on the power these new technologies deliver, Hollywood will have a tough time getting it back.

Consumers already have their hands on these "new" technologies. When will the content industry learn that new technology (from film at the beginning of the 20th century to DVDs at the end) has repeatedly expanded the market for their wares. And if the experience of the music industry has taught us nothing else, fighting new technology is a losing battle.